Thousands pay tribute to slain pastor

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 00:45

A long line of mourners pay their respects to the late pastor and South Carolina State Senator Clementa Pinckney whose body lies in state inside the Statehouse in Columbia. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

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Thousands turned out to pay tribute to South Carolina State Senator Clementa Pinckney, one of nine people killed in last week's shooting spree at a black Charleston church. In addition to being a state senator, Pinckney was also a pastor at the church.
A caisson carrying the casket of the late Pinckney arrived at the Statehouse on Wednesday.
His body is lying in state inside the rotunda of the state Capitol.
Twenty-one year-old Dylann Roof is charged with murdering Pinckney, the pastor of Emanuel AME Church and eight others during a Bible study meeting.
President Obama will deliver the eulogy at Pinckney's funeral on Friday.

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